Castles or Bust! Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles began life as a humble chateau built by King Louis XIII in 1624. His son, King Louis XIV grew up very fond of the place and expanded the chateau into one of the largest Palaces in the world.

Kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France

Garden at Versailles

Versailles at sundown

The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible hidden door in the corner near the jewel cabinet through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of October 5th or 6th 1789 when the Paris mob stormed Versailles.